Brown coal 11.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 8.9 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular boiler buildings, conveyor belts, and a single large chimney with red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 3.8 GW sits to the right as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a modest stack and warm amber-lit loading area with timber piles; wind onshore 2.2 GW appears in the far right background as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on a ridge, their rotors barely turning, marked only by faint red nacelle lights; hydro 0.9 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the far distance with a trickle of water lit by a single floodlight. The sky is completely black and overcast at 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy, oppressive ceiling of darkness pressing down, reflecting the 179 EUR/MWh price tension. The season is early October: bare-branching deciduous trees with a few remaining brown leaves visible at the edges, frosted grass at 7°C glistening under sodium light. The air is dead-still, no wind motion in the vegetation or flags. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of deep indigo, burnt umber, and warm amber; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and sky; atmospheric depth achieved through layers of industrial haze; each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy including turbine nacelle housings, lattice transmission towers carrying power lines into the distance, and aluminium-clad industrial cladding. The mood is solemn, monumental, industrial-sublime. No text, no labels.